Chair



Sept. 23, 1930, J. WEINEGEL cum:

Filed July 29, 1927 vrll llllllllllll |lz|lll MM Patented Sept 23, 1930 .JbHN WEINEGEL, oErATcHoeUE, NEW YORK, ssIGivoR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, To PERFECT E. z.- CHAIR CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION or DELAWARE H Application s July 29,

This invention relatesto; chairs and parv ticularly to devices of this class employing ture in such manner as to automatically move I from a sitting'po'sition of. the chair andiback rest elements to a reclining position, and

1 movable chair :elements;and the object of the invention is'to provide movably coupled seat and back rest members supported in connection with the chair in the chair strucvice versa, in the movement of the body of the person sitting in said'c'hair; a further object being to provide a foot rest member coupled and movable with said seat and back rest member and adaptedto be extended with reference'to the chair structure when the seat and back rest members are movedinto a reclining position; and with these and other the views, and in which Fig. 1 isa sectional view through a chair made according to my invention, and indicating the method of its use- Fig. 2 isa plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 1 in an extended position.

Fig. 3is a front view of the'chair as seen in Fig. 1; and,

Fig. a is an enlarged detail View of a part of the construction. 1

a In the accompanying drawing, I have shown for the purpose of illustrating one method of carrying my invention into effect,

a chair frame or body 5 consisting of four cornerleg portions 6,.the' tops of said leg portions at each Sideof the'chair being connected by arm portions 7 Said legs are joined by front and rear brace bars orrails 8 and 9, the bar 8 having a roller supported in its'upper end'as seen at 10. The arms7 are also braced to the rear legs by arail 11 to form a sturdy stationary chair body,and

the lower portions of the sidelegs 6 are also PATENT OFFICE, 5

. CHAIR" 1927. Serial no. 209,221;

coupled together by'rails 12, one of which is shown in section in Fig. 3 of the drawing.

The inner faces of-the rear end portions of arm members, areprovided with grooves 13 which open outwardly through the rear ends of said arm members, and the rear ends of said-grooves are ofiset downwardly and backwardly' as seen at 14 in Fig. 4 of the drawing. Inpractice, I provide a back rest member 15, the offset side edges ofwhich are provided adj acent'the lower ends of said back ed to enter the grooves 1314 to pivotally support said back rest member in connection with the body portion of the chair. V

rest'membe'r, with projecting pins 16, adapt- 'Pivoted to the lower end ofthe back member l5as seen at 17 is [a seat'member 18 which rests upon the roller 10 of the rail 8 and is adaptedto moveforwardly and backwardly over said roller. in the movement of the seat member and back rest member into vertical and reclining positions as indicated in full and dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the draw ing. The outward movement' of the seat member 18 in the movement ofthe same.

and back rest into a reclining position is limited by shoulders 19 on the underface of the seat member as clearly seen in Fig. 1 of the drawing. I T he member 15 carries at its lower end and opposite sides,two curved and downwardly extending arms 20 havingelongated slots 21. The inner end of a foot rest member 22 is provided with arms '23 havingpins 24: oper-' ating in'the' elongated apertures 21 of the arms 20. The foot rest member is preferably keyed to the rails 12 as seen at 25, noteFig.

3 of the drawing. It will be noted that when the seat and back rest are in the position.

shown in Fig.1 of the drawing, the foot rest 1s 1n 1ts lnnermost posltion. but in the movement of the back rest and seat member to reclining position, the foot rest is extended outwardly into'the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and shown in full lines in Fig. 2. The normal position of the chair is that shown infull linesin Fig. 1 of the drawing.

In this position, the seat member 18 is in- I clined forwardly and upwardly, and the back rest 15 is inclined baclnrardly to a slighteX V tent. In the operation of sitting in the chair,

if it is desired to sit upright, the seat and 7 back rest Will assume the full line position, but'if it is desired to recline to a slight extent or to fullextent, all that is necessary in accomplishing this result, is for the operator to recline backwardly by the exertionof slight pressure of the shoulders or back of the body 10 on the back rest; In this operation, the-seat' member 18 automatically moves upwardly;

and if desired, the seat and back rest may be extended to a. reclining position to itorin literally a bed, itbeing understood that the seat 7 15 and back rest as Well as the body of the chair properv may be constructed of any desired material-such as is common in the-construe.

tio'nof upholstered chairs, or if desired may be constructed in the manner of a camp chair With flexible seat and back rest portions, or

cushions maybe supported in connection with i the seat and back rest which is otherwise of solid construction. It Will be understood that i the illustration in the accompanying drawing tration anddisclosure,

s Itwill be understood that my intention is 30, not necessarily limited tothe structural details herein shown and .described,and various changes therein and [modifications thereof, may be made w thin the scope of theappended claims Without'departing from the spirit :35 of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Y Having fully described my invention, What a a p I claim" as newand desire to .secure by Letters Patent, is V Thevcomb nation with a. chalr having front 40 .l and rear pairs of supporting legs, a normally inclined tiltable' and slidably supported seat, and a'pivoted back rest controlling the movements of said seat, of spaced parallel brace t rails connecting thegfront and rear legs and longitudinally grooved, a. foot rest movable betweensaid legs. and including spaced, pars allel. members having their inner-extremities ofisetupwardly, a pair of arms carried by the Samar-by the seat, and parallel'with the m seat when the .latteris extended totljielimit of its forwardadjustment.

Intestimonythat I claim the foregoing as my invention I hayesigned my name this 21st r .day of July, 1927.

oHN WEI EG n merely represents one method ofrcarrying my; invention into'elfect, and the type Oltij Qlltlll' selected ls merel'y forsimplification 1n illus-r l 7 

